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Barrackville Covered Bridge. This is a list of West Virginia covered bridges. There are 17 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Only three of these bridges were built before 1870 and they are the three longest in the state. Each uses a standard truss design, braced with the Burr Arch. No one-truss design dominates ...
The Barrackville Covered Bridge spans 145 feet (44 m) in a single span across Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia. Built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth , the structure is a modified arched Burr truss , with siding added twenty years after the bridge's construction.
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Alderson Bridge: 1914 1991-12-04 Alderson: Greenbrier, Monroe: Concrete arch bridge B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing
Pages in category "Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
West Virginia: Seventeen historic covered bridges; the three oldest ones are also the longest. U.S. Wisconsin: The only remaining historic covered bridge in Wisconsin is the covered bridge in Cedarburg. [16] [17] There are also the Smith Rapids Covered Bridge in Park Falls built in 1991, [18] and the Springwater Volunteer Covered Bridge built ...
The Indian Creek Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near US 219, about 4 miles away from Salt Sulphur Springs, in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Monroe County Historical Society, and was originally built in 1898 by Ray and Oscar Weikel. The bridge is 49.25 feet long and 11.5 feet wide. [2]
Lemuel Chenoweth (1811-1887), celebrated West Virginia bridge-builder Lemuel Chenoweth (25 June 1811—26 August 1887) was a carpenter , legislator and self-taught architect. He is best known as one of 19th century America's master covered bridge builders.
In 1968, the bridge was painted and new oak floor was installed. Temporary supports used during the floor replacement were left in place. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 [1] In 1990, the state of West Virginia bypassed the covered bridge with a modern concrete span.